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28 Jun
The power to inspire others to excel is in each of us. As Mother Teresa famously said, “Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you.” At the seventh annual Save Our Sons Youth Summit, young men spent a day acquiring skills in how to excel and better themselves through workshops, activities, an inspirational speaker, and communication with male mentors and role models. They learned how to tie a necktie while talking about their interests at a workshop called “The Ties that Bond Us.” Every young man also received the gift of a tie.
Beneath the scar tissue of the giant gash through the heart of Miami known as Interstate 95 are a series of dark and dreary underpasses. These intimidating, wasted spaces, suitable only for trolls, could connect neighborhoods instead of dividing them if only they were enlivened with color and light. Marcelo Ertorteguy and Sara Valente see four underpasses at Northwest 20th, 29th, 32nd and 35th streets as giant canvases for outdoor art, perfectly suited for a transformation from gun-metal gray walls into murals and abstract paintings. “Massive infrastructure tends to build barriers between people,” Valente said. “We want to make it an experience for pedestrians and drivers when they pass through the space. Right now it’s a scary tunnel to be avoided.”
14 Jun
MIAMI, FL — AT&T recently delivered a surprise check for $25,000 to the Overtown Youth Center’s 4th Annual Save Our Sons (SOS) Youth Summit. “AT&T believes it is critical for students to have access to the tools and support systems they need to graduate high school, and succeed in college and they enter the workforce,” said Cristal Cole, AT&T Florida external affairs. “We are proud to support community programming provided by organizations like the Overtown Youth Center, who help foster a safe environment where children can dream big and access the resources they need to be successful in life.” (Sign up for our free Daily Newsletters and Breaking News Alerts for the Miami Patch.)
With the help of teaching artists, the students utilized a non-traditional, but very familiar material - plastic yard signage. Typically utilized for political campaigns and advertisements, these young artists created visual messages inspired by public art and spaces. ​​

STAFF REPORT— JUNE 8, 2017 Left to right: Javier Alberto Soto, President of The Miami Foundation; Tina Brown, Executive Director of Overtown Youth Center; Yance Torres, Development Director of Overtown Youth Center and Stephen Marino, Board Chair of Overtown Youth Center at the foundation’s 50th...

Ford Foundation leader Xavier de Souza Briggs was the featured speaker at the Miami Foundation event. HOLLY PRETSKY / WLRN The Miami Foundation announced a round of grants to five organizations Friday. The grants were part of the foundation's 50th anniversary celebration. It's investing $1 million...

Legal professionals from all across South Florida faced off at the 3rd annual Zo’s Hoop-Law Madness Tournament, held Saturday, March 11. PHOTO COURTESY OF MC GREGOR LAPIERRE Staff Report MIAMI – Hundreds of legal professionals returned for the third year in a row to face off on a...

The “Sharks” had a tough choice among the four social ventures. Would they choose Master Honey that empowers low-income women to start their own micro-beekeeping businesses? Or perhaps prefer Miami is Kind’s concept to create jobs for young people on the autism spectrum baking cookies...

BY ADRIANNE RICHARDSON schoolscenemia@gmail.com The American Dream was just a fairy tale to Pethrona Sims. Every day, she and her four children would come home to their apartment in the heart of Liberty City and come face-to-face with shootings, gang violence and sometimes death. “I didn’t want my boys...

Alonzo Mourning, Grammy-nominated recording artist Jonathan McReynolds, Season 8 Finalist of the voice Koryn Hawthorn, activist/author Kevin Powell and Florida Memorial President Dr. Roslyn Artist serving as panelist for Zo’s Youth Summit Groove. By Arri & Byler Henry, Generation Next Over 400 high school students from across...

Staff Report MIAMI – Last week, the Talent4Change Foundation launched its ‘Buzz It Forward’ campaign by debuting its signature initiative, The Buzz Boxx, during Art Basel week. The Buzz Boxx is a container-based barbershop designed to be placed at various locations that offers grooming and mentoring to...

Warren Henry Auto Group presented a check for $25,000 to the Overtown Youth Center on Wednesday, Nov. 9. Basketball legend Alonzo Mourning accepted the donation on behalf of his youth empowerment organization. Since partnering with the former Miami Heat star and his charities, Warren Henry...

MIAMI (WSVN) - Hall of Famer Alonzo Mourning was on hand to give out Thanksgiving turkeys to 500 families, Tuesday morning. Mourning and volunteers began Tuesday morning at a Southwest Miami-Dade Publix where they loaded up Thanksgiving meals, and then traveled to the Overtown Youth Center...

Los hermanos Jojo y Jeante Rivero con su madre María Rivero muestran el lunes los alimentos distribuidos por Kiwanis Club en la escuela Phillis Wheatley Elementary School. C.M. GUERRERO. cmguerrero@elnuevoherald.com El agradecer a Dios por una buena cosecha, renueva los sentimientos de solidaridad y a partir...

MIAMI (WSVN) - A generous donation was made, Wednesday, to a South Florida community. Warren Henry Auto Group donated $25,000 to the Overtown Youth Center. “I like to feel like we’ve created a vehicle here where individuals can connect themselves to our brand and continue to...

Special to South Florida Times MIAMI – During her visit to the Overtown Youth Center on Oct. 11, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton spoke to the assembled students about the importance of a college education. She shared her intention, if elected, to provide free college at...

.mcclatchy-embed{position:relative;padding:40px 0 56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;max-width:100%}.mcclatchy-embed iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%} Fidgety students awaited their big visitor Tuesday evening inside the cheerfully painted walls of the Overtown Youth Center. “Hello, everybody,” Hillary Clinton greeted them as she walked in. She was met with a few gasps. It was a day before Florida’s extended deadline for...

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